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[email protected]. ASSESSMENT OF HELICAL ANCHORS BEARING CAPACITY FOR OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE APPLICATIONS By Leon D. Cortes Garcia B.S. National University of Colombia, 2016 A THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Civil Engineering) The Graduate School The University of Maine August 2019 Advisory Committee: Aaron P. Gallant, Professor of Civil Engineering, Co‐Advisor Melissa E. Landon, Professor of Civil Engineering, Co‐Advisor Kimberly D. Huguenard, Professor of Civil Engineering Copyright 2019 Leon D. Cortes Garcia All Rights Reserved ii ASSESSMENT OF HELICAL ANCHORS BEARING CAPACITY FOR OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE APPLICATIONS. By Leon Cortes Garcia Thesis Advisor(s): Dr. Aaron Gallant, Dr. Melissa Landon An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Civil Engineering) August 2019 Aquaculture in Maine is an important industry with expected growth in the coming years to provide food in an ecological and environmentally sustainable way.